Viability is in the eye of the beholder⋯

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 574-575

  Kramer, Christopher M ^a   Narula, Jagat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM;

CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL VIABILITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; INOTROPISM; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVASCULARIZATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84861139849     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2012.04.002     Document Type: Editorial

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